Soviet Union at the 1960 Summer Olympics

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Soviet Union at the
1960 Summer Olympics
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg
IOC code URS
NOC Soviet Olympic Committee
in Rome, Italy
25 August 1960 (1960-08-25) – 11 September 1960 (1960-09-11)
Competitors283 (233 men, 50 women) [1] in 17 sports
Flag bearer Yury Vlasov
Medals
Ranked 1st
Gold
43
Silver
29
Bronze
31
Total
103
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
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Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan (1996–)
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The Soviet Union (USSR) competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. 283 competitors, 233 men and 50 women, took part in 145 events in 17 sports. [2]

Contents

Medalists

The USSR finished first in the final medal rankings, with 43 gold and 103 total medals.

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Athletics

Basketball

Boxing

Men's flyweight (– 51 kg)

Canoeing

Cycling

13 male cyclists represented the Soviet Union in 1960.

Individual road race
Team time trial
Sprint
1000 m time trial
Tandem
Team pursuit

Diving

Equestrian

Fencing

21 fencers, 15 men and 6 women, represented the Soviet Union in 1960.

Men's foil
Men's team foil
Men's épée
Men's team épée
Men's sabre
Men's team sabre
Women's foil
Women's team foil

Gymnastics

Modern pentathlon

Three male pentathletes represented the Soviet Union in 1960. In the team event, they won the silver medal.

Individual
Team

Rowing

The Soviet Union had 25 male rowers participate in seven rowing events in 1960. [3]

Men's single sculls – 1st place ( Med 1.png Gold medal)
Men's double sculls – 2nd place ( Med 2.png Silver medal)
Men's coxless pair – 1st place ( Med 1.png Gold medal)
Men's coxed pair – 2nd place ( Med 2.png Silver medal)
Men's coxless four – 3rd place ( Med 3.png Bronze medal)
Men's coxed four – 4th place
Men's eight

Sailing

Shooting

Ten shooters represented the Soviet Union in 1960. Between them, they won three bronze medals, two silvers and two golds.

25 m pistol
50 m pistol
300 m rifle, three positions
50 m rifle, three positions
50 m rifle, prone
Trap

Swimming

Water polo

Weightlifting

Wrestling

Medals by republic

In the following table for team events number of team representatives, who received medals are counted, not "one medal for all the team", as usual. Because there were people from different republics in one team.

RankRepublicGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.svg  Russian SFSR 393130100
2Flag of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (1949-1991).svg  Ukrainian SSR 1611633
3Flag of the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic (1951-1991).svg  Byelorussian SSR 4228
4Flag of the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic.svg  Georgian SSR 25310
5Flag of Armenian SSR.svg  Armenian SSR 1214
6Flag of Latvian SSR.svg  Latvian SSR 0426
7Flag of Lithuanian SSR.svg  Lithuanian SSR 0213
8Flag of the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic (1956-1991).svg  Azerbaijan SSR 0202
Flag of the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic.svg  Estonian SSR 0202
10Flag of Moldavian SSR.svg  Moldavian SSR 0101
Flag of the Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic.svg  Turkmen SSR 0101
Totals (11 entries)626345170

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References

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